Happy Fall Ya'll!!

Hello! So glad you liked my pirate card below, thanks for all the love!
Mo has drawn us some images from the Wizard of Oz and here, of course, is the scarecrow! Isn't he great?! You can just see his wobbly movements as he was in the movie! This is another card that would be great for a belated birthday wish with the sentiment, "If I only had a brain" and inside "I wouldn't have missed your birthday!" Mo's images are so adaptable that way! I love everything pumpkins, scarecrows, fall and Halloween so I colored him up for a fall card. You can find him at Mo's Digital Pencil! Search for the others, too, they are awesome! She's done the tin man, the lion, BOTH witches as well!
He is colored with my copics, but I didn't keep track of all the colors-I'm sorry! I have got to quit coloring in the living room! If I color in my 'studio' I do a better job of keeping track!

See the rose? I made my own from some shabby ribbon I got from an Etsy store! I just punched a 1" disk from the dp, covered it with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive. Then I gathered the ribbon in a spiral, trying to gather it close at the bottom edge and placed it on the glued disc. It worked out okay, I think. It would smush into an envelope easily and not affect the 'rose' at all!

I do have to announce that I am leaving Mo's wonderful Dream Team with this post. I will still do her images because who can resist them?! Not me? But, my craftin' time has been chopped into by my real job and something had to give. I have loved every minute and was so honored to be working with such an excellent group! Heartfelt thanks to Mo, Jak, Mina, Peggy and ALL the rest of the team! Hugs!

Wishing YOU all best this great day can bring! thanks for visiting!

Cheryl

So Spooky!

Not really! It's another adorable Kai from Mo's Digital Pencil! Once again, I pulled out my Basic Grey Eerie pad from last year and went to work with copics in orange, green, purple and grey/black! This is Pirate Kai! I used a Mojo Monday sketch from awhile ago to give me a different layout- a nice change I think! Julee's sketches are so adaptable! I just love the opposite punched corners on this sketch and the ribbon streamers.

I don't have the copic colors I used as I colored this little guy awhile back. Sorry. I used a Martha Stewart fern punch and primas from my stash of flowers.

There are Stardust stickles all over his parrot and in the jack o'lantern's features. I put some glaze pen on the crossed bones on his hat.

Thanks so much for coming by. I'm so grateful for all the visits, followers and comments!

We've gotten a little chilly here today so it is inside weekend! Maybe I'll get at some of the stamps that have never seen ink!

Hope you are comfy and cozy today!

Cheryl

Mo's project of the month BLOG HOP!

Hello and welcome!! Thanks for so many wonderful comments on my last Magnolia card! Mwah!
Today is Mo's Dream Team blog hop and I'm so glad you've stopped by! The challenge is to use nestabilites or punches in your project! Easy to do! You should have come here from Liza's wonderful blog. Our host and first Hop Stop is the delightful Rosette.

I almost always use a nestability shape for my focal image, so this time I pulled one out that hasn't seen much use. I also decided to make an easel card. They're fun, easy and I hadn't done one in awhile. The image is Kai at Halloween. There is another one with him dressed as a pirate and the winter Kai is adorable too so I've linked the whole search page for "Kai" for you.

Kai is colored with copics. I've started to add another color to skin for better blending so now I'm using E000, E11, E01 and R30.

His cat costume is all the odd numbered Cs (cool Greys)

the pumpkin is YR12, YR15 and YR18

I didn't want to use greys around the image as I often do because of all the grey already in his costume so I use Violets-V0000, V01 and a touch of V06 in the darkest shadows. My pics don't show the depth of color around him as well as I'd like.

Anyway, it was so much fun to color my first Halloween image of the season and I hope you like it, too.

Now off you go to Debbie P's place in Australia!

Thanks a bunch! Have a superior day!

Cheryl

You're a Star!

Hello and Happy Monday! Still not back at work so I can say that! I have postponed the card and box I made for my niece (Happy birthday, Amber!) and decided I needed to show a Mo's Digital Pencil image instead. This is Gregory Tap dancing, and, oh my goodness, isn't he cute! This card came together in my mind as soon as I got my Stampin' Up order with this new designer paper called Elegant Soiree, Baja Breeze and Soft Suede-YUM!! My friend, Lisa Kind, gave me this EK success star edge punch as a birthday gift last week. She used it on a card recently and I loved it! I feel as happy as Gregory to own this punch now. (Note to self: Look for the corner star punch now!) She gave me the punch in a wonderful box with a matching card! Scroll down her blog and you will see it! Thank you, Lisa!!

Close up of Gregory!

I used BG10 and BG72 for his shirt and hatband.

E000, E11 and R30 for his skin

Y21, E99, E35 for his hair

E42, E43, E25 and just a touch of E28 for his pants, hat and bow tie.

Thanks for visiting today! Off to get some other stuff done now and I need to take a walk on this beautiful morning!

Hope your day is beautiful as well!

Cheryl

Celebrate!

Hello fellow stampers! Mo (of Mo's Digital Pencil) had a birthday just over a week ago and she drew this image to celebrate her day! Neat, huh? Her birthday and WE got the present! The image is called Bella Carrying the Cake and is available in digital format at the store HERE. I decided it would be fun to use less traditional colors and was inspired by my Max and Whiskers 6X6 inch pad.

Thanks for coming by to look today! I'm anxious to get outside because it is another beautiful day! Sunny and mid 70's! Perfect!

Before you go, you have until tomorrow (Sunday, Aug. 1) at 9:00 AM EST to comment on my MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS POST for Blog Candy from me!

Thanks and I hope your day is full of sunshine of one kind or another!

Cheryl

Tomorrow is the first of the month so a NEW Magnolia-licious monthly project will be posted on the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog! Suzanne will also have the winner of the $25.00 gift certificate to Magnolia-licious from July's Freestanding Pop Up card project! You have until tomorrow if you haven't entered yet! Check it out!!

( And we'd alos love to have you join in our Nautical card themed project!)

Back to school!

Say it ain't so!! I know a lot of teachers who hate to see the end of July! It means August is coming and we all have to get started on our rooms at school. Summer is trickling through our fingers! But, all that aside, I couldn't resist coloring one of Mo's school children digital images. This one is Trinity. Take a look at all Mo's School Kids HERE
I started out wanting to use the beautiful new Papertrey color Harvest Gold (is it like SUs new daffodil?) for my card. Once her sweater was done I decided on a cute denim skirt. Blue and yellow, perfect! I had no intention of going with primary colors, but because of the apple the red snuck in! Hey, a green apple would have been okay too, I guess. Oh, well.
I don't like how the ruler ribbon bled. I stamped the ruler from the PTI school set onto grosgrain ribbon. I'll have to work on that! It would probably be okay on an antiqued card but I'm not so sure on this one~I may have to take it apart and do a fix!

colors used are;
skin E00, E11, R30
Hair Y21, YR24, E35, E25
Red R08, R17, R27, R29
Yellow Y21, Y23
Blues (a lot to get the color I wanted)
B21, B41, B23, B95, B45, B99
Dp is Cosmo Cricket, Jillibean Soup and Bo Bunny!
I have the sketch in my saved files, but I'm sorry, I don't know whose it is.
Thanks for coming by today!
Tomorrow is the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long blog hop and Monday is the Magnolia-licious DT blog hop with a Nautical theme starting right here!
I think Monday will be a good time to get my Blog candy pulled together for all my wonderful regular visitors who take the time to come by.
Have an excellent day!
Cheryl

Hi there, Alli cat!

Hi folks! It's Friday night and Dave and I have packed the car and will be starting out for home in the morning Saturday. So sad! I hate when vacation is over and it's back to reality! On the other hand I miss our pets, my gardens, my friends, etc so once we're on the road all will be well (after about an hour, anyway). This cute little cat is from Mos' Digital Pencil Too and is called Alli wants in. I used a generic Papertrey Ink sentiment in the upper window. I have so many that would fit there, it was hard to choose!
I wanted to paper piece the curtains, but this plaid from Basic Grey doesn't come in the 6X6 pad :( (Why do they DO that!) The plaid was much too large so i colored my own!
I started with a base color (BG10) then added some shading in Bg72. Then I put in the plaid lines with YG17 or 25. Then I added more shading with BG72 and BG18 (if I remember correctly!)
The rest of them image was pretty easy to color. I tried to make the birds look like orioles and the cat look like our Charlie. the card is 4" x6" to accomodate the long image I printed.

Thanks for coming by! I'm so happy to have reached 200,000 hits! Thank YOU!! Thank You!!!
Wishing you a terrific day and weekend. I'll post again as soon as I get laundry started and a chance to sit down in my "studio"
Love ya! Cheryl

Mos' Monthly Blog Hop!

Hi Friends!!! Thanks for all the love on my Magnolia card the other day AND for the couple of sweeties who gave me the title!! Much appreciated!!
Mo's (Mo's Digital Pencil) monthly Blog Hop is today and it was invented by Elaine who challenged us to use one of Mo's Digital images and be inspired by a Fairy Tale!! "Hmmmmm!", we all said, "What does she mean?" Weeelll, Mo does have some GREAT fairy tale images, but I went a different direction!
I looked through my images on the computer and decided this little mouse (Flossie) could be from the Disney version of Cinderella! Remember? They all help her get ready for the ball? Well, I think Flossie is celebrating the Wedding of the Prince and Cinderella with a fabulous cupcake!! Are you buying this? Hope so!

I think she is decked out for the party of parties! Here are the colors I used:

YG01 and yG25 for the cupcake paper

BG10 and BG15 for her dress

V000, V01, V06, V15 and V09 for the purples

I'm not sure about Flossie's fur but I think I used E42, E35 and E25

(I brought a little sticky note with colors in my suitcase all the way to Maine with me-didn't realize I was missing any! Oops!)

I used Bo bunny dp and lots of stickles to match the theme and colors.

(Alternate inspiration: There's a wonderful folktake called Flossie and the Fox which is a Red riding Hood type story. However, that's even more of a stretch because Flossie is a little girl who outsmarts a fox. The only thing she has in common with my mouse is her name!)

Okay, (as Mothermark would say), THAT'S MY STORY! Now, if it's your pleasure I hope you will head to DEBBIE'S BLOG! I just know she's done something wonderful!

Thanks so much for visiting!! I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll be back soon-like Saturday with another card.

Hugs, Cheryl

A Tribute to Ginger!

Hello! It's a big Happy Birthday to Ginger today! Ginger is Mo's (Mo's digital Pencil) Mom! The Deisin teams wanted to wish her a happy Birthday with a tribute that she can hop around today! If you've arrived here from LIZA then your are right on track. The full order is listed below so you don't miss a thing! I sent the card below to Ginger for her birthday, but wanted to make a new card as well. When finished I realized it is sort of red, white and blue (with a dash of pink!) This image is Bye Bye girl from Mo's digital Pencil. You can find her HERE.

And this is the card I sent to Mo's Mum-Summer Fairy Finna! I made it a couple of weeks ago and as soon as I finished it I knew it's the one I wanted Ginger to have!

Again, Happy Birthday, Ginger!

Now, off you go to see ELAINE'S wonderful creation!

and here's the whole list:

Jak

Rosette

Debbie

Liza

Me

Elaine

Peri

Lori

Shell and

Mina

After you've looked at Mina's she'll send you on the the Challenge Team's hop! they've got more to show you!

Enjoy! have a great day! And Happy 4th of July to all Americans!

Cheryl

The Thing is Bling!

Hello!! Today is our Monthly Mo Blog Hop for Mo's Digital Pencil and as you have gathered from the title our focus is on glitter and other shiny things! If you've come here from the excellent Peri you are right on track. The hop started with our host, the talented Michelle (Shell). I used Summer Fairy Finna for my card.


I went a little crazy trying to use different sparkles. Her wings are a little heavily covered with Diamond Dust Glitter Glass. I used my usual Stardust Stickles on her suit. You can't see it Sorry :( but there is a shimmery spray on the woodsy background. I didn't want to spray the image because I always have the fear of ruining it.
I only used one designer paper (Basic Grey-Wisteria) because I thought it looked just like she is next to a stream in a pretty woodsy clearing. there are some leaves in the top corner, but I added more with an old vine stamp in Mellow Moss. The edges of the paper are sponged in Mellow Moss and a little Almost Artichoke. Then I added some green gemstones to the corners.
(I don't really like the lame flower in the corner, but I had to do something! It's colored and has some stickles on it)
My couch is covered with the copics I used to color this evening (Wed.-late again!) so let's see if I can tell you what they are!
Skin: E000, E11 and E30
Wings: G0000, and G12 (also grass)
Stream: BG10
Suit: BV000, BV31, BV01, and a touch ofBV02


Next, please hop on over to our Debbie to she what beauty she has created!

I can't wait to see what these wings look like when they are dry! Hopefully an improvement!

Enjoy the hop! And have a great day!

Cheryl

Bye Bye!

Hi again, my friends! I have a Mo's card to show you today! I just love the Bye Bye Boy and Bye Bye Girl images that Mo drew. And Cosmo Cricket paper, of course! If I can manage to part with this I think it will be a RETIREMENT card for our 4th grade teacher, Mark (taking his toys and going home!). Mo has images for so many purposes! I printed the digital image out on my Canon printer onto Neenah classic Solar Crest white. I think the trick to the printer is to have one with a rear tray so the paper doesn't have to bend around as it prints. My card is a standard A2, but the fold is to the left. I love rounding the corners of the opening edge!

He is (of course) colored with my copic markers and I save the colors this time!
E000 and E11 for skin.
E31, 33, 35, 25 and 29 for his hair
BG10, 72 and 18 for his jeans
Y17, YR15, YR16 and YR18 for his back pack
Coo, C1, C3, C5, and C9 for the bike tires and handlebars
R24, R35, R46 and R29 for his jacket and bike.
I also added Glossy Accents to the windshield of his backpack. and Silve Spica pen to the tassles and hub caps and the bumper on the pack so there is some nice sparkle and shine.

Speaking of that, there is a Mo's Blog Hop tomorrow you won't want to miss! Hope you can hop with us!
I've had a question about coloring red and they are tricky! I think red bleeds more than the other colors! I will try to some sort of picture tutorial in the near future (school's almost out-1 week to go!) because of this request by JzScrapRN. For now, I think the main thing is to be sure of your color choices-all reds are not created equal!
Thanks so much for coming by the Cottage today!
Cheryl

Pool party!

Everybody into the pool! Our weather has been just great during May and so far June is no different! While I had some bright colors out for yesterday's card I also colored this image up in some of my favorite colors for summer-hot pink, orange and aqua. Love them! I just love this craft of ours where if I want Bella to have a sparkly pool noodle she can have one! I also used Crystal effects on Bronte's tube and the swimmies Bella is wearing. Mo's image Pool Party was just perfect for the colors. Of course, I got it colored and had no idea what papers I was going to use! So even though I colored her on Monday, it took me a couple of hours to finish the rest of the card on Tuesday evening!

The image reminds me of High school when we had to wear those hated bathing caps in the school pool! But I think Bella is in for more fun than we had. I have no idea how she got all her hair into that thing, though!

I was able to use some much neglected supplies on the card.

I used some Core-dinations paper with the swirl CB embossing folder and then sanded like crazy to reveal the core of the paper. Then I uncovered my sand castle EK Success punch for the border at the bottom.

My image was colored with my NEVER neglected copic markers in the following colors:

E000, E11 and R30-skin

BG10, BG11, BG72 suit

R20, R21, RV14 and RV25 pinks

YR21, YR12, Y38, YR04 oranges

E31, E33, and E35 beach and W00, W2 and W3 around the image.

Wishing YOU a great Wednesday (wow the days fly by!)

Cheryl

Mo's DT blog hop! FLOWERS!

Hey, everyone! Thanks for hopping to my little blog! I'm the end of the line today. If you are starting here and want to be sure not to miss any Mo Magnificence you can start with Mina's blog-Pinkpuds.
Our theme today is flowers of any kind and anywhere on your card! I used Mos' image Cat's in the Bag which you can find HERE
You can also get a set with the Cat's in the Bag and Cat's out of the Bag! Cool beans!
Our cats get into any boxes or bags that come into the house. No matter what size our ornage cat, Charlie will try to squeeze his big body into it! So, here I put him into a pink gift bag. I stamped a sentiment (it's tiny) from the Papertrey Ink set , Mixed Messages. There are lots that would fit on Mo's bag.
I colored with copics (of course) and used some new, bright Cosmo Cricket paper, DeLovely for my card mount. Flowers are from Prima and Michael's.
I hope you like it! Now if you want to head to Mo's blog HERE'S THE LINK.
You can see her latest drawings AND get to her store if you're in the mood for shopping!
Again, thanks very much for hopping and stopping!
Cheryl

colors:
Cat Y21, YR21, YR24, Y38, R20 and R22
Bag RV10, RV13, RV25
under bag BG10 and BG15
Around image W00, W1, W2, W3

Super duper girl!

Hello!!
Here is an image of Mo's called "Super Duper Girl" Do you have a Super duper girl in your family? We do! Ours is Amber, our almost 23 year old niece. She is working and going to grad school in Buffalo and just got a promotion on her job. She's kind, gentle, patient, loving and beautiful! We're so proud of her! Can you tell! The sentiment is computer generated, based on the title Mo gave the image. My close up below shows a little of the pizzazz I added. Shiny rubber boots, Stardust stickles on her emblem and I used a clear glitter pen on her crown and the blue stripe on her cape. Wish you could see it!

I'll give colors below. You can get the image here on Mo's Digital Pencil

Have a Super duper day!

Cheryl

copics:
skin E000, E11, R20
Reds R22, 24, 29 and 59
blues B21, 14, 16
Yellow Y21, YR21, Y32, YR15
Hair Y32, E08, E29

Welcome Puddle Jumpers!

Oh, yes and BLOG HOPPERS!! It's the Mos's Digital Pencil Design Team's monthly BLOG HOP! My blog is the beginning of the hop for the first time EVA!! So glad you are here!! Our challenge is to use BUTTONS on a project and (if possible) in a different way. Well, I had no different way so I just used LOTSA them!! My image is from Mos' Digital Pencil and this image is Spring Fairy Puddle if you want to check it out. Also here is the link to Mo's Digital Pencil BLOG where you can see the latest and greatest released images!!

Now, to the card-my base is Bermuda Bay, then some Celery, a layer of Bo Bunny Double Dots and the Paisley is an older My Mind's Eye paper. I used a Martha Stewart Edge punch0hydrangeas and some stitching in aqua thread. The flowers are cut from PTI felt and my many buttons are also from PTI. I didn't have a teal colored embroidery floss so I colored some white with BG78. It is supposed to mimic the ribbons on the Bullfrog's legs.

Now check below if you want to know the colors of copics I used. THEN BE SURE TO HEAD OVER TO PINKPUDS-MINA'S BLOG TO SEE HER WONDERFUL CREATION!
Thanks so much for joining us today!
Cheryl

copics used:
E000, E11, R20
Hair E31, E33, E25 and E29
Frog G20, G40, G24 and TG21
BG11, BG15, BG32, BG49, BG09 and BG78
T0 and T3 around image

FS165-LATE

I just love this little bunny that Mo drew for us! He is sad because he is Late. Wouldn't this make a cute belated birthday card? I've said before that I can always use them. The sketch is the JUGS27 sketch and it is excellent! I used the PTI scallop border to cut the bottom of my card. Then I went to Bermuda Bay paper and the wonderful Graphic 45 paper called On the Boardwalk. It has fabulous turquoise and rust vintage colors. It's yummy! I almost don's want to cut it!
The ribbon is PTI's new Hawaiin Shores. I love the paper color and the ribbon lots! I wouldn't recommend the ink because it does not match the paper and ribbon! Oh well!
Here are my copic colors:
BG and Floor E33, E25 E99 then T0, W00 and W2
Bunny E30, E42 , E50 and R20
Shirt E33, E97, E99, E08 and E15
Vest BG10, BG13, BG15, BG18 and BG49
Thanks for hopping by and I wish all of you a Happy Easter!
Cheryl

You Party Animal!

Hi, and thanks for all the nice comments yesterday! I appreciate all your warm thoughts! I NEVER have enough birthday cards on hand so last night I decided to color this image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Birthday Hamster, that I had printed out awhile back. I matched him to this great MME paper from my stash. I colored the hamster similar to Scooter, a class pet I had a looong time ago.
It's 5:00 AM here and I just could not get a clear picture, but I think this cupcake looks pretty good with it's springy colored frosting! I have almost all the copic colors (obsessed with them!), but seem to always go for the same colors! I didn't exactly keep track of them last night when I was coloring, but I remember most of them because they are favorites! I used BG0000, Bg10 and BG72 for the frosting, YG0000, YG93 and YG97 for the paper and Y21 and Y24 for the cupcake. The hamster is a mix of E31, E99 and maybe a couple of others.

To see other creations by Mo's DT please join us at PaperCraftPlanet or visit our DT blog-
Mo's Digital Design Team. While you're there you can also read the top post about how to enter to design with us! There's a great sketch!

Tomorrow is the 25th and that means another Christmas all Year long blog hop with Magnolia-licious! Hope you can stop by!
thanks for visiting today!
Cheryl

Mo's DT blog hop! In Stitches

I hope my card doesn't have you 'in stitches'. When I thought I could complete this card on Wednesday night I wasn't planning on a blazing headache!! I had this adorable image of Eli colored, but had to put the card together and stitch.

That's where it fell apart! I never should have stitched my focal image because I botched it up horribly! It looks like Eli took over driving the sewing maching instead of his box!

Well, the image is super and here is the link to Eli on Mo's Digital Pencil Too!

If you're traveling in order you came here from Rosettes' blog and I bet you love what you saw there!

I have the colors, but just can't get them typed tonight. Will try to get it done tomorrow.

Now you can move on to some fabulous prjects by the other DT members as you move through the hop!

Next up is Lori and you'll want to see what beauty she has come up with!

Thanks for stopping by, I've been soooo happy with all my visitors this week!

Please remember you can go HERE to comment for a chance to win my Tilda Honey Bee project!

AND you can go HERE to win another card and a Tilda stamp!

With appreciation! Enjoy your day!

Cheryl

Summer fun!

Hi friends! Here's the adorable Bella and her loyal Bronte Camping! It is, of course, one of Mo's images! It reminds me of camping many, many years ago! We were a family of six children and working parents-no elaborate vacations for us! It was camping somewhere around NY every summer-and tent camping (for most of the years) at that! My mom was a trooper! It was a lot of work for her, but SO MUCH fun for us! I don't think I every slept "under the stars", however!

I've used this Cosmo Cricket plaid many times, but this time I was able to use the reverse side too! Look at those little pull campers! Love it! I do not own a star punch, but flowers were not going to work here! I punched the five petal flower from SU and then carefully trimmed off the curves to get the large star. Then I used a similar method inside the 5 petal flower to get a fairly evenly spaced small star. They are sponged with mustard ink, covered with Matte
Accents and then glitter glass. I don't know if you can see it, but I also added some tan Fun Flock to the inside of the sleeping bag! Comfy!

Here's the link to the image at Mo's Digital Pencil!

It may not be camping weather yet, but the sun is shining for the third day in a row! Some of the snow has to melt!

Enjoy your Saturday and thanks so much for stopping by and please know how much I appreciate all the nice comments I get!

Cheryl

Turquoise!

Well, it's STILL snowing in Western New York! I'm okay with it because I finished TWO cards this morning and I want to show you both of them! This is an image from Mo's Digital Pencil. I'm so sorry I can't find it in her store. It was one of the freebies on Paper Craft Planet when she reached a milestone in memberships. I'm not sure what number, but you may be able to find it there for FREE! I love the paper on this card. I saw them first on Paulabella's blog.
My touch was to add the homemade chipboard buttons. I used the Sizzix button die that I got from SU, cut them from Cool Caribbean and cardboard then glued them together and sponged the edges with Teal. After that I tied yellow embroidery floss through them. Neat!
Mo's wonderful illustration is colored with copics-I think this kid's mom owns Geranimals! Even his sneakers match!! And the dog collar!
(I'm lovin' Cool Caribbean with Teal and Kiwi green! More to come with this combo!! You betcha!


This quickie card is one I made to mail to a friend of ours who fell and broke his hip. They have two new Golden puppies so I made the dog all yellow.

Wishing him a speedy recovery!

Thanks so much for coming by! Coming soon will be the Copic Creations challenge AND the Magnolia-licious March monthly challenge which is a fab sketch by our Jacque!

Enjoy your day! I'm off to dig the car out for a trip to the Post office-blog candy to get in the mail!

Cheryl